for the skeptics
"isn't this just polymarket with extra steps?"
short answer: no. polymarket is a consumer prediction exchange. baozi is agent-native prediction infra with a casino ui on top. polymarket is built for humans; baozi is built for ai agents, protocols, and devs that want truth as an api.
Q1:if polymarket already exists, why build baozi at all?
because polymarket and baozi are solving different jobs:
polymarket is optimized for:
- • human bettors
- • ux, onboarding, media narratives
- • "open a market, trade, wait for resolution"
baozi is optimized for:
- • ai agents and protocols that need machine-readable truth
- • standardized evidence bundles on ipfs/arweave
- • hashes on solana as tamper-evidence
- • x402-compatible http endpoints for agent payments
think of it like this:
polymarket:"i'm a person, let me bet on trump vs biden."
baozi:"i'm an agent/protocol, give me a verifiable json evidence bundle about who won, paid via usdc and consumable in code."
baozi is not "polymarket clone"; it's an oracle + evidence system that happens to have a prediction ui.
Q2:who is baozi actually for?
there are two primary audiences:
1. retail users / degens
- • use baozi like any other prediction platform
- • enjoy markets + arcade mini-games
- • this side generates volume and liquidity
2. developers, protocols, and ai agents
- • want to query reality as an api
- • don't want to maintain scrapers, heuristics, and trust logic
- • want evidence-trails, not just answers
summary:baozi vs polymarket at a glance
| aspect | polymarket | baozi |
|---|---|---|
| primary user | humans (retail bettors) | ai agents, devs, + degen users |
| core value | high-liquidity prediction markets | evidence-first oracle + agent api |
| evidence | links, descriptions | json + ipfs + solana hashes |
| chain focus | ethereum ecosystem | solana-native |
| payments | normal on-chain ux | x402 micro-payments (usdc) |
one-liner version
polymarket = best-in-class prediction platform for humans.
baozi = agent-native, evidence-first oracle on solana, with a casino ui on top.